United Arab Emirates

Learn about the United Arab Emirates’ partnership with GPE.

Partner since
2018
GPE focal point
Grant agent in
Coordinating agency
Board constituency
Pledge for 2021-2025 replenishment
USD100,000,000
Total contributions to GPE
USD158,999,682

United Arab Emirates and GPE

The United Arab Emirates joined GPE in 2018. At the 3rd replenishment conference in Dakar, the country became the first Arab and Middle Eastern donor to GPE and pledged US$100 million.

At the 4th replenishment conference in London, the country recommitted an additional $100 million in support of GPE’s 2025 strategy.

UAE partners have taken leading roles on key thematic areas in education including: girls’ education; education and climate change; jobs for the future; innovative finance for education.

Access documents about GPE in Arabic.
Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy - Cabinet member and Minister of State for International Cooperation for the United Arab Emirates
Our vision for the future is a world built on tolerance, equality and peaceful coexistence. In order to achieve this, we must actively invest in the cultivation of these practices. To finance GPE is to fuel the engine of hope
Reem Al Hashimy
Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates